Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB490

Introduced
2/5/26  

Caption

Authorizing the imposition of a privilege tax by a municipality for the privilege of selling alcoholic beverages, food and food ingredients and tobacco within a community improvement district.

Impact

Should SB490 be enacted, it will have a significant impact on local tax regulations and municipal revenue generation. Municipalities will gain greater control over their tax structure by being able to impose additional taxes on products that are commonly consumed, thereby providing them with necessary funding for community projects. This could lead to improved public services, infrastructure, and other community-oriented projects, enhancing overall quality of life for residents.

Summary

Senate Bill 490 (SB490) is legislation that authorizes municipalities to impose a privilege tax for the sale of alcoholic beverages, food, and food ingredients, as well as tobacco products within designated community improvement districts. This bill aims to enhance the revenue streams of local governments by allowing them to levy taxes on specific goods sold in their jurisdictions, thus providing more financial resources to support community initiatives and improvements.

Contention

While the bill offers potential benefits for local governments, it may also spark contention among community members and businesses concerned about the financial burden of increased taxation on essential items. Opponents may argue that such taxes could disproportionately affect low-income households and lead to higher prices for consumers. The discourse surrounding the bill is likely to focus on balancing the need for municipal funding against the economic implications for residents, particularly in economically vulnerable communities.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

KS SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

KS SCR1604

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for real property and personal property mobile homes.

Similar Bills

LA HB990

Provides for a privilege in favor of parishes, sewerage districts, and waterworks districts for certain unpaid service charges or user fees

TX SB1745

Relating to the name, rights, powers, and privileges of the Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District.

TX HB2989

Relating to the name, rights, powers, and privileges of the Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District.

LA HB584

Provides relative to children in foster care (EN +$11,125 EX See Note)

KS HB2467

Prohibiting past convictions or sanctions for failure to comply with a traffic citation that are more than five years old from being considered by courts and the division of vehicles in determining suspended or restricted driving privileges and eliminating certain notice requirements for the division of vehicles.

KS HB2654

Prohibiting past sanctions for failure to comply with a traffic citation that are more than five years old from being considered by courts or the division of vehicles in determining suspended or restricted driving privileges and eliminating certain notice requirements for the division of vehicles related to suspended or restricted drivers' licenses.

NJ A2703

Eliminates the corporate transit fee.